Catamenial garment.



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Application lied larch 4. "l0. lcrlat Io. 947.358.

To all whom it may concern.-

lie it known that l. Samar: .\l. Tarpon.

- eitizeuot' the l'nitcd States. residing at St.

pointed out in the claim.

' view of the garnu-nt unfoldet lows In the drawings. Figure l is anoutline in side elevation of a luunan lusty showing my invention appliedthereto: F ig. 2 is a plan Fig. 3 is a plan with waist-hand sect ions incoupled relation: Fig. 4 is a plan of the garment in its folded positionus actually worn: and Fig. 5 is an enlarged se'ctioual detail on theline ."i----. of Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is to provide a eatumenial garment which maybe rcadil applied: one \vlneh ts water-prtsIL-tmft'. pliu a e. easily adjnsted and convenient-to wear: and one lttmflt'nnilljg'fttl'lllt'l' andother advantages better apparent from a detailed description of theinvention which is as fol- Referring to the drawings. ll. represents theoutline of a portion of the human body to which the garment is up died.The garment comprises a baclt section 1 preferably made of twothicknesses or layers of fabric (Fig. 5) such as sateen or the like.stitched along the edges. the free edge of said back section beingprovided with waist-band sections 2. 2' respectively provided with abutton a and button-hole h reapoctivelv by which they not be fastenedaround the waist. The ban section 2' is provided with a central tongueit for a )ltl presently to appear. Secured to the me section 1 is thefront or catamenial section t. preferably of watcr-prtsif material suchas oil-silk. the free end of said section terminating in a tongue 5which when folded Figs. 1. 4) may be secured to the tongue 3 y a safetytl and -l are tlinosed u writ-s of elastic loo or strips 6 eact carryinga ring 7 for t tt' sup sn't of a safetv-pin (I. the utter being use! tosecure the real-fend of a towel 'lsupported bv the section 4. the frontedge of the towel being likewise secured by a nin (I passed through aring 7 carried bv on classtic strip ti sewed to the section 4 adjacentthe tongue 'lhc towel 'l is thus supported by a water-primf section -land being fustencd to elastic strips such as ti readily yields to onemovements of thelsuiy and may be rcatlilv adjusted. mover by thennpinniug of the safety pins pin Alon" the scam between the sections itmay be instantly re-u (I and a fresh towel substituted, with noinconvenience whatever.

To prevent the rear row of st rips ti pressing against the body of thewearer. l gn'oviden protectin cushioning strip of ahric 8 of any so tmaterial sewed only along its upper edge. the lower or front edge beingfree as shown (Fig. 5). The tapering character of the fiction 4 and thetowel carried therc'b allows the same to be roperly applied withoutinconvenience to tie wearer.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:--

eatamenial section compost of two lnyersof fabric, a front catamenialwater-proof section secured armcnt comprising a back between the frontedges of the layers of the 'itnesrws:

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a towel in position over the catamemal sect on. subatan;

SALLIE M. TAYLOR.

